Pneumatic-tire valve.



PATBNTED JULY 5', 1904.-

J. E` KELLEE, JR. ENEUMATLG TIRE VALVE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 5,- 1904."

PATENT OFFICE.

PNEUMATlC-TIRE VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 764,131, dated July 5, 1904. Application filed September 8, 1903. Serial No. 172,397. (No model.)

This invention relates to valves for pneumatic tires for-vehicle -'wheels; and it consists incertain improvements in pneumatictire valves hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specified in the appended claims.

The principal object 'of' the invention is to provide a pneumatic-tire valve with improved means for holding the valve in association with the tubular stem ofthe tire and with the rim of the wheel upon which the tire is mounted, so that the valve may be secured withoutJ using any of the ordinary wire-binding or clamping devices in general use. l

A further object of' the invention is to provide improved means for securing a valve in the stem of a pneumatic tire in such manner that the valve cannot `be blown out, but can be conveniently and quickly removed from the tire-stem when it is desirable to do so.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of a portion of' the rim of a vehicle-wheel and of' the tire mounted thereon, showing the tubular tire-stem with the improved valve applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the tire-stem, the valve, and the portion of the tire to which the stem is attached. FigS is a sectional view through the valve and tire-stem, showing a modified form of' retention and dustl cap. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the tire-stem, showing a valve of common structure provided with the improved devices for securing the -valve in position in the tirestem.

Referring to the drawings, 'in which cor tom with extensions 3, which aie curved to fit the sides ofthe stem` is fitted on the stem with its ends substantially flush with the ends ofthe stein and having' the ends' of the extensions 3 bent outward along the ,inner face of thel tire and disposed between the tire and the wheel-rim. The collar SZ is externally threaded near the top, as shown at 5, and its internal diameter corresponds exactly to the .external diameter ofthe tire-stem.

Fitted within the tire-stem and in close contact therewith is a valve-casing 6, slightly constricted at the lower end to form a support for the spring 7 but leaving an opening 8 for the passage of air. tube 6 is a small flange 9, beveled on its under surface, so as to have a .slight spreading effect upon the tire-stem. When the springtube is in position, tlie iiange9 will be pressed iirmly against the top of the tire-stem, as seen in Fig. 2. In' the top of the valve-casing there is secured a valve-head 10, which comprises an externally-threaded tubular portion 11 at the bottom, the lower end of' which is constricted to form a valve-seat 12 and which is screwed into the? upper portion of the valve-casing. Abovc the tubular portion 11 there is a flange 13, which is spaced from the flange 9 on the valve-casing by a packing-washer 14. Above the iiange the valvehead is reduced in diameter for reasons horeinaf'ter to be explained, and above the reduced portion it is enlarged and presents an internally-threaded surface 15 for the engagement of a dust-cap 16, which is internally threaded. The dust-cap 16 may be of any preferred form, and is preferably provided withapicce of packing material 17, fitted within the top and having a central recess '18.

The valve-head is tubular throughout, and a valve 19, on the top of' which is provided a small gasketv 20, is mounted at the lower end of a valve-stern 21, vertically arranged within the head. rIlle upper end of the stem 2l projects above the top of the head when the valve is closed and enters the recess in the packing at the top of the dust-cap. To prevent accidental loss of' the'valve when the valve-head is removed from the tire-stem, the valve-stem 21 has its yupper end enlarged or distorted, as

At the top of theA IOO iow'er end and having an openingiin the lip-i per end for 'the passage of the valve-head, is uiountec upon the', coilar 2 in the position shown in 2. The cap 3 presses against the aniife on the valve-head and forces it and the parts heiovv it downward ltoward the tire' so t it is impossible for an increase oi priy .Je within thel tire to hlovv the valven head ont when the cap S23 in position.

.in the preferred forni of the invention the. cap is chann at 2e on. its upper'suriace for the reception' oi a gasket 25, of ruoher or other suite-hie material. The gasket d is- ;posed in position to contact with the margin dust 16, ano so cooperates with the packing in tne top oi' the cap to prevent the entrance of dust ir the valve,

in the modified iorni of the invention shown in 3 the dust-cap 16 is replaced by a dust cap lo, and the retei'ition-cap 23. is replaced hv a retentionwcap 23, whose upper sin /e is smooth and is unprovided v-rith a il/Blier fr# ir The modiied struc re is simpler i iat shown in the 'pre ""ed forni of the yintion and i:f: of course less expensive, but action not finite so eiiicient in excluding '"nn 'the interior oli' 'the vaiveg 'odiiied :forni 'of the invention shown .'e-tuhe 30, cei'etaining the inanisni oi" vaive, which niay ovided eiternaily -c contact with the A. drist-cap 32 is ie and a col- ,n .,i .e i'orrn shown eyed to old the valve-tube in with the 'tilv asteni and vf'lieeleini. i 'nig' the parts of the vaives shown s. i, ,55, and 3 and appijving thein to a teni the collar l will iirst be itted on the v .d then the stein Will he passed through the (mening` provided in the Wheel-rim next the waive-easing', previously lubricated With ai. suitable material and attached to the valve'- head, will he forced into the stern, and the re tention-cap ndi then he secured upon the coliar f2., this being rendered easy Yby the reduction in the diameter et the valve-head above the iange thereon. rihe reduced diameter of the valvcdiead permite the retention-cap to be positioned cnrateiy with reference to the collar f, regardless of the position of the valvehead, which may or may not he accuraicly'v After the f centered with respect to the collar. retentimi-ca'gl has been secured in position the dust-cap xviii he. placed on the top of the vaivehead and the valve wili he compietely protested.

To piace the 4niodiiied torni of the valve vstein and having a flange extending,l ove;

shown in Fig. 4 in-position .in the tire-stem, the collar is first fitted over the stem as before, then the valve-tube is introduced into the stern and the iiange forced'into contact With. the top of the stein. Thev'retention-cap is next Fitted on the coliar, and inaily the dust-cap is placed on thev top of the valve-tube.

in order that the parts of the valve structure maybe held with` perfect security, the threads connecting the valve head and the spring-tube are preferably out in the reverse direction to the threads connecting the retention-cap and the collar 2. Thus if the threads in the valve-casing are left-hand threads the tllreads in the retention-cap Will he righthand threads. When the threads are reverseiy cut in this manner, the retention-nap will act as a cheek-nut for the valve-heada Similarly, it is desirable thatthe threads connecting the 'valve-head and dust-cap be out in the saine direction as those connecting the retention-cap and collar 2, and the internal tnreade in the valve-head for engage-nient with. a pump connection will he outy in the saine direction as those in the dust-cap.

Whie the invention has been described in the preferred forms ot' einhodiineiit, it 'will be obvious thatv various changes in the detaiis oi' construction may 1oe made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and the right to maire such changes is reserved.

- Having thus described the construction and operation oi' my invention, what l ciaini as new, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent,

isf d l. The oonibinationwith a tire having` a tnbular stein formed integraltherewith, andthe 'rim of a vehiciewheel havingan opening for said stein, of valve rneehanisrniitted in end of the stern, va tubular collar surrounding the stein and :having lateral extensions hetween the tire and the wheel-rim, and a re tention-eap having an opening therein for the passage of the upper portion oithe valve mechanism and adapted to engage with the iiange on the valve mechanism, said retention-cap being positively secured tothe tubular collar.

2. Apneurnatic-tire valve comprising valve mechanism adapted for 'insertion :into `a tirestem and comprising an open-top valve-head, acollar fitted over the tire-sternV and having lateral extensions for engagement with the Wheel-rim, a retention-cap engaging said col-l lar to secure said valve mechanism in position and provided on its upper surface with a gaslret, and a dust-cap secured on the top of said valvehead and contacting-with the gasket in the retention-cap. p y

3. A pneumatiotire valve comprising a valve-'casing adapted foi-'insertion into a tiref stern and provided atthe outer end with a iiange extending over the top of said stem, a valve-head threaded in said casing and pro- Ill vided with a ange extendingover the end or the casing, a Washer disposed between said flange and said casing, a collar fitted over the tire-Sternend having lateral extensions for engagement with the Wheel-rim, a retentioncap threaded on said collar and having an in-V wardly-disposed flange in Contact with the flange on said valve head, and a. dust-cap threaded on the outer end of said valve-head and engaging With the topof said retention- 10 cap.

1n testimony that I Claim the foregoing as my oWnI have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ESTEN KELLER, JR. Witnesses:

R. B. GRINNELL, JOHN L. MoWER. 

